EVGA X58 Classified - First Look
by Rajinder Gill on February 27, 2009 5:00 AM EST- Posted in
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Test Setup
| EVGA X58 Classified | |
| Market Segment | Enthusiast and Extreme Benchmarking |
| CPU Interface | LGA-1366 |
| CPU Support | LGA-1366 Nehalem i7 Series of Processors |
| Chipset | Intel X58 |
| BCLK Speeds | 133~500 MHz in 1MHz increments |
| DDR3 Memory Speed | 800, 1067, 1333, 1600, 1867, 2133, 2400, 2667, 2933 Frequency Ratios |
| Uncore Frequency | Full i7 Processor IMC multipliers supported, Options available as per CPU |
| PCIe Speeds | Auto, 100MHz - 140MHz in 1MHz increments |
| Core Voltage | Auto, 1.00V to 2.24V in 0.00625V increments |
| CPU Vdroop Compensation | Enabled, Disabled |
| CPU Clock Multiplier | Dependant on Processor, all available multipliers supported |
| DDR3 DRAM Voltage | Auto, 0.70V ~ 3.39V in 10mV increments, 1.50V standard |
| DRAM Timing Control | tCL, tRCD, tRP, tRAS, + 17 additional timings + Chipset Configuration |
| DRAM Command Rate | Auto, 1T, 2T |
| IOH Voltage | 1.10V - 1.875V in 25mV increments |
| ICH Voltage | Auto, 1.05V ~ 1.825V in 25mV increments |
| CPU VTT (Uncore) Voltage | Auto, 1.17V ~ 2.17V in 25mV increments |
| CPU PLL Voltage | Auto, 0.60V ~ 2.70V in 75mV increments, 1.80V Base |
| IOH PLL Vcore | Auto, 0.60V ~ 2.70V in 75mV increments, 1.80V Base |
| QPI PLL Vcore | Auto, 1.10V ~ 1.875V in 25mV increments, 1.10V Base |
| IOH/ICH Voltage | Auto, 1.50V ~ 2.275V in 25mV increments, 1.50V Base |
| NF200 Voltage | Auto, 0.70v~1.075V in 125mV increments, then 1.20V~2.70V in 25mV increments. 1.20V Base |
| Memory Slots | Six 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slots Triple-Channel Configuration Regular Unbuffered DDR3 Memory to 12GB Total |
| Expansion Slots | 4 - PCIe 2.0 x16, Supports up to NVIDIA 3-way SLI Technology + PhysX 1 - PCIe (1.x) x1 1 - PCI Slot 2.2 |
| Onboard SATA/RAID | 6x SATA 3.0Gbps Ports - Intel ICH10R Hot Plug and NCQ Support; RAID 0, 1, 5 RAID 0+1 Support; Intel Matrix Technology Support |
| Onboard IDE Additional SATA | 2xJMicron JMB363 PATA Controller (up to 2 UDMA 133/100/66 devices) 1 External eSATA port + 3 Internal JMB363 SATA Ports |
| Onboard USB 2.0/IEEE-1394 | 10 USB 2.0 Ports - (8) I/O Panel, (2) via headers 1x 1394a Ports - (1) I/O Panel, (1) via header |
| Onboard LAN with Teaming | Dual Realtek RTL8111C PCIe Gigabit Ethernet Controllers |
| Onboard Audio | Realtek ALC 889 -8 Channel HD audio codec |
| Power Connectors | ATX 24-pin, Dual 8-pin ATX 12V |
| I/O Panel | 1 x PS/2 Keyboard 1 x eSATA 1 x SPDIF - Coaxial Out, 1 x Toslink Optical Out 1 x IEEE 1394 2 x RJ45 6 X Audio Out 8 x USB 2.0/1.1 |
| Fan Headers | 1 CPU + 4 Additional Headers |
| Fan Control | Full Fan speed Control Via BIOS |
| BIOS Revisions Used | IX58S213 |
These are the current specifications and features planned for this board. We will go over these in detail once the retail board arrives and we can ensure nothing major has changed.
| Standard Test Bed Intel X58 Configuration |
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| Processor | Intel Core i7 - 920 - 2.66GHz |
| RAM | Corsair TR3XGG1600C8D - 6GB DDR3-1600 G.Skill F3-12800CL9T-6GBNQ - 12GB DDR3 Patriot Viper PVT36G1600ELK - 12GB DDR3 |
| Hard Drive | Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB |
| Video Card | ASUS GTX-280 |
| System Platform Drivers | Intel - 9.1.0.1007 |
| Storage Drivers | Intel - 8.6.0.1007 |
| Video Drivers | NVIDIA - 182.06 |
| CPU Cooling | Vigor Monsoon III, 2X PA120.2 rads + DD Perta Top Pump for Water |
| Power Supply | Corsair - HX1000 |
| Optical Drives | Sony BDU-X10S, LG GGC-H20L |
| Case | ABS Canyon 695 |
| Motherboards | ASUS Rampage II Extreme - BIOS 1104 EVGA X58 Classified - BIOS IX58S213 EVGA X58 SLI - BIOS IX58SZ1N |
| Operating System | Windows Vista 64-bit Ultimate - SP1 |
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Our test setup today has a unique combination of cooling devices; otherwise, it is our standard test bed for the X58 products.
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JarredWalton - Friday, February 27, 2009 - link
I'm not even sure that's the target market. More likely this is just a dog and pony show that EVGA will give to the top overclockers of the world, who will also get free CPUs from Intel, RAM from memory companies, etc. Then they will take all of that and push their system to new levels of performance and overclocking. The net result is that they hope having their top motherboard in the fastest systems in the world will have a trickle down effect and people will assume that their lower end products are also the "best". Honestly, it's mostly marketing if you ask me. EVGA might only make 500-1000 of these boards and call it quits for all we know.Jedi2155 - Friday, February 27, 2009 - link
Amen to that Soul.